New Orleans Bingo! Show @ Voodoo Experience 2011 || Photo by Jimmy Grotting
WHO: New Orleans Bingo! Show and Maedgen/Gillet
WHEN: February 10-12, 2012, all shows start at 8 p.m.
WHERE: The venue formerly known as Le Chat Noir @ 715 Saint Charles Avenue
TICKETS: $20 (PURCHASE)
Since the closing of cabaret Le Chat Noir last summer, the city’s purveyors of rock-‘n-cabaret known as The New Orleans Bingo! Show and their fans have been deprived of “those crazy Bingo! nights at Le Chat.” To satiate appetites for an evening of musical and dramatic experimentation, the troupe is plotting a temporary takeover of the 715 St. Charles location for three nights of performances featuring The New Orleans Bingo! Show and Maedgen/Gillet.
Tickets are available here and the details and start times are available below. Also, the venue will have cash bars running during this weekend’s parades.
Friday, Febuary 10 — The New Orleans Bingo! || Show 8 p.m.
Saturday, February 11 — Maedgen/Gillet || 8 p.m.
Sunday, February 12 — The New Orleans Bingo! Show || 8 p.m.
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